Decision details
Debate on the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee's Report on Powers Granted to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws
Decision Maker: Plenary - Fourth Assembly
Status: None
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
The Constitutional
and Legislative Affairs Committee agreed to carry out an inquiry into the
practice of Acts of the UK Parliament conferring powers directly on Welsh
Ministers as well as related issues such as the operation of Devolution
Guidance Notes. It also considered the practice of designating Welsh Ministers
to make regulations to implement European Union obligations. The principle
under investigation was whether the National Assembly should carry the sole
responsibility for delegating such powers to Welsh Ministers.
The terms of reference for the inquiry were to examine:
- the extent of the current National Assembly scrutiny
of delegated powers given to Welsh Ministers through provisions in UK Acts
and through other statutory mechanisms;
- the
extent to which the National Assembly is able to exercise robust scrutiny
of such processes through its Standing Orders;
- the
relevance of the UK Government’s Devolution Guidance Notes in the light of
recent Welsh constitutional developments;
- the
procedures for Legislative Consent Motions compared to the position in the
other devolved legislatures;
- any
other matter relevant to the inquiry.
Decision:
The item started at 15:10.
NDM5022 David Melding
(South Wales Central)
The National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on its inquiry into the granting of powers to Welsh Ministers in UK laws, which was laid in the Table Office on Friday 23 March 2012.
Note: The responses of the First Minister, the Business Committee and the Assembly Commission to the report were laid in the Table Office on 20 June 2012.
The motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Publication date: 27/06/2012
Date of decision: 27/06/2012
Decided at meeting: 27/06/2012 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly